Language Planning and Student Experiences - Intention, Rhetoric and Implementation

Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experienced delivery, and will provide insights that policymakers around the world can draw on.

About the author

Joseph Lo Bianco is Professor Emeritus of language and literacy education, University of Melbourne, Australia and Vice President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has published widely on language policy and planning across a wide range of geographical and language contexts.

Summary

Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experienced delivery, and will provide insights that policymakers around the world can draw on.

Product details

• Authors: Renata Aliani, Joseph Lo Bianco, Joseph Lo Bianco, Joseph Lobianco
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2013
• EAN: 9781783090044
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-004-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 211 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system